Adding a blog to a web site?

wicky

wicky

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Possibly quite a naive question, but....

I'm about to build a site for someone who wants an integrated blog section, but I have never done this before. Haven't really got a clue where to start. Can anybody point me in the right direction? I need to know what tools I should use.... presuming I don't need to subscribe to an external blog site.

Cheers
 
There are a lot of blog packages out there, some free, some not free. Here's a simple php-based blog software that looks relatively easy:

http://www.bblog.com/

Most blog software is php based with a mySQL backend, so those are probably two requirements you should make sure the website host supports.

Here's a comparison of some of the more popular blog packages:

http://asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm

It's really quite simple if you're experienced in web design (knowing Dreamweaver or GoLive doesn't count -- I mean experienced with code, structure and syntax) -- set up a place for the php pages, correctly configure mySQL according to the requirements and make sure that you can send SQL php commands, then customize the look and feel to the client's specifications.
 
I use WordPress almost exclusively now, though for a short period of time I did jump ship from it to play with TextPattern (when they finally released a non-beta/RC version). TxP is a bit easier to customize the template on than WP, as it only uses one for the page. WP uses separate templates for each part of the page (an index, a header, a body, a footer). All things considered, once you have the blog up and running WP (2.x) seems easier to handle, more powerful, and better thought out.
 
Great, thanks for the reply guys. I've just been looking at blogger.com which took about 10 mins to put together, and will probably work ok for the purposes of this site.

Any shortcomings that you can think of?
 
Only one I can think of for blogger is the lack of branding for your site when someone wants to place a comment. When that happens, it takes them to a blogger page. A small thing, but when used in business settings it can make a difference.
 
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